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Coraline by Neil Gaiman

32 reviews

leosaki's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

There are some spelling mistakes, some missing words, but all in all the translation doesn't lose the original's magic and whimsy. The drawings are beautiful, but not always correct, Coraline is wearing the wrong outfit sometimes, characters don't look like they are described on the pages that go with the picture etc

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, and Kidnapping

buzzinfly's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Toxic relationship, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Cannibalism, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal cruelty, Blood, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

aliyah_d's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.75

 An eerie, lively, vast yet mysterious world and read. It grabbed my intention and only turned my fascination to sheer confusion toward the very last chapter so I might need a re-read of those last 5 or so pages. I wished I had read it as a child or teenager but I'am glad that the little adult that now am got to experience this kind of magic !

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death and Abandonment

donna_fay's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

The parallels with manipulations and narcissism are chilling, yet the wonder of brave Coralline are inspiring

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Gaslighting

Minor: Child death, Gore, and Murder

nyctaea's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, and Confinement

Moderate: Death, Kidnapping, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

beccacondon's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Gaslighting

loonysaurus's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Animal death and Abandonment

rafacolog's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, and Kidnapping

riverofhorton's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I want to start this review by saying that this book is firmly on my re-readable pile, and it may well be my new favourite modern horror book. Which I find amazing considering this is a children's book.

I found it to be just the right level of horror to be a casual read, which I find I'm most likely to return to in the future. A good portion of the horror content of the horror was of the slightly-to-the-left-of-normal kind, rather than being overt and graphic.

This book offers depth to the world and story, rather than a shower of blood and guts found in some other horror book I've read. Sometimes I think this kind of horror takes more work, and this is even more true when it's a children's book and the author (presumably) knows adults will also read it and so also need to be thrilled. To me, this shows the mastery of the art of writing that Neil Gaiman repeatedly demonstrates.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

annie_brewer's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Having read the book after watching the movie, my imagination was spoilt! 

However, the colourful imagery from the screen fit in nicely with the tale and I am impressed how strong and accurate the movie adaptation was. The parts of the writing not included in the movie were also able to fit in seamlessly in my reccolection of the movie world and were testament to Gaiman's storytelling writing.

The impatient and paticular temprament of Coraline is exceptionally believable, the oddball characters she encounters are an unsettling delight, and the other mother is the queen of creepy!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Gaslighting, and Abandonment